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How to stop bedbugs playing havoc in yourhotel?﻿

When it comes time for people to start makingplans to travel for their vacation, business trips or getaways, one of the things travelers are cautious about these days is picking up their hotels being extremely cautious while selecting them for their stay to avoid bedbug bites.

Many news reports in recent years have focused on the discovery of
bedbugs and their health effects (even in upscale five-star hotels), and a
number of lawsuits have been filed by guests in hotels who awoke to find
hundreds of bedbug bites covering their skin.

The bedbug can live without blood — its food source — for up to 18
months. “Females can lay up to 4 eggs a day in hidden locations; up to 5
to 10 a week and up to 500 in her lifetime,” according to Eisenberg.

Research shows that 82% of hotels in
the United States have treated for bed bugs in the past year. 40% of all hotels
have undergone treatment in the past month.

As the hospitality industry continues
to seek out ways to provide their guests with some peace of mind, the exploding
pest control industry—which is expected to reach $10 billion in service revenue
by 2020—is also seeking out new solutions.

The creatures don’t have wings and
they can’t fly or jump. But their narrow body shape and ability to live for
months without food make them ready to survive and settle. Bedbugs can easily
hide in the seams and folds of luggage, bags, and clothes. They also take
shelter behind wallpaper and inside bedding, box springs, and furniture.

The insects are most
active at night, though they are not exclusively nocturnal. Bedbugs are
attracted to warmth, moisture and the carbon dioxide released by
humans.

The effect of bedbugs on human health and reports of
bedbug infestations of certain hotels has received media attention in recent
years.

Many news reports in recent years have
focused on the discovery of bedbugs and their health effects (even in upscale
five-star hotels), and a number of lawsuits have been filed by guests of
fashionable hotels who awoke to find hundreds of bedbug bites covering their
skin. Searching on travel-review web sites regularly reveals information and
even photos confirming the presence of bedbugs in numerous hotels.

Recent news reported were as follows:

Disneyland Hotel guest
‘absolutely butchered’ by bedbugs

A
trip to the happiest place on earth ended in misery for a woman who claims she
woke up being ravaged by unwanted visitors.

Michael Bartiromo │Fox News │November 19, 2018

Guests at Disneyland
generally expect to find large, friendly anthropomorphic rodents during their
stay, but bedbugs? Not so much.

Ivy Eldridge, who visited
the park with her family in April 2018, is claiming she suffered both physical
and emotional damage after waking up at Anaheim’s Disneyland Hotel covered in
bedbug bites, according to a lawsuit filed earlier last week, The Los Angeles Times and Fox News report.

Ms Eldridge also claims she
required medical treatment following the incident.

Ms Eldridge’s lawyer Brian
Virag, of legal firm My Bed Bug Lawyer, Inc, filed the lawsuit on her behalf,
and named Walt Disney Co. and Disney Parks and Resorts as defendants in
addition to Disneyland Hotel.

“People put trust in the
Disney name and pay top dollar to stay at Disneyland Hotel. In this case, Ms
Eldridge’s trust was betrayed,” Mr Virag said in an article posted to the My
Bed Bug Lawyer website.

Brazilian model sues
Palm Desert hotel over bed bug bites

Nicole
Hayden, Palm Springs Desert Sun │ June 26, 2018

A Brazilian model is suing Palm Desert
Embassy Suites, a Hilton hotel, claiming she was “massacred” by
bed bugs during a stay in one of their hotel rooms two years ago.

In a lawsuit filed in Riverside
County Superior Court, Sabrina Jales St. Pierre says a severe reaction to
the bites affected her ability to model and caused her pain,
discomfort and emotional distress.

Jales St. Pierre, who has modeled for
brands including Tommy Hilfiger, Ralph Lauren, Valentino, Versace and
Victoria’s Secret, is seeking monetary and punitive damages against the
defendants, which include Hilton Worldwide, Inc., Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.,
Embassy Suites Management, LLC.

“Sabrina started noticing the bed bug
bites after her first night in the hotel, and eventually she was massacred by
bites covering pretty much her entire body,” said her attorney, Brian Virag,
founder of the My Bed Bug Lawyer, Inc.

Virag said the model’s bites were among the worst he has seen in his eight years specializing in bed bug litigation.

One theory as to this sudden rise is
in the way the bugs have adapted to pesticides. Pest control is carried out and
hotels are spending big bucks in fight against bedbugs. But what can be an
effective solution to get rid away from these tiny creatures?

At C Tech Corporation, we manufacture a product named Termirepel™ which is an anti-termite and insect repellent. Theproduct works on the mechanism of repellence and does not kill the targetspecies but repel them. The product is effective against a broad spectrum ofinsects and does not cause any harm to humans and other non-target species.

Termirepel™ is available in the form of a spray, liquid concentrate,
lacquer, wood polish additive, and masterbatch.

Liquid concentrate can
be mixed in paints in a pre-determined ratio and be applied to the interior and
exterior of hotels, ceilings, storage rooms, washrooms, etc. to repel bedbugs
and other insects from the area required.

Our product in the form of lacquer can
be directly applied to the already installed application such as furniture,
attics, wooden articles, sewage pipes, wires, cables, etc. The lacquer is
compatible with most of the surfaces like metal, wood, concrete, polymer,
ceramic etc.

Masterbatch can be incorporated into
polymeric applications like water pipes, wires, cables, polymeric equipment
from hotels, etc. This would result in the final application being insect repellent.